About The Word Inflammatory
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Inflammatory
Inflammatory Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Inflammatory?
[adj] characterized or caused by inflammation; "an inflammatory process"; "an inflammatory response"
[adj] arousing to action or rebellion Synonyms | Synonyms for Inflammatory: incendiary | incitive | instigative | provocative | rabble-rousing | seditious | unhealthy Related Terms | Find terms related to Inflammatory: agitating | agitational | agitative | breathtaking | charged | cliff-hanging | disquieting | distracting | disturbing | electric | enkindling | exciting | exhilarating | explosive | fervent | fervid | fiery | fomenting | frantic | frenzied | galvanic | heady | heart-expanding | heart-stirring | heart-swelling | heart-thrilling | impressive | incendiary | incentive | inciting | incitive | inflaming | inflammative | instigating | instigative | insurgent | intoxicating | jarring | jolting | kindling | lighting | maddening | mind-blowing | moving | mutinous | overcoming | overmastering | overpowering | overwhelming | passionate | perturbing | piquant | provocative | provoking | rabble-rousing | rabid | ravishing | rebellious | revolutionary | riotous | rousing | seditionary | seditious | soul-stirring | spirit-stirring | stimulating | stimulative | stirring | striking | suspenseful | suspensive | tantalizing | telling | thrilling | thrilly | traitorous | treacherous | troubling | unsettling | upsetting See Also | Inflammatory In Webster's Dictionary \In*flam"ma*to*ry\, a. [Cf. F. inflammatoire.]
1. Tending to inflame, kindle, or irritate.
2. Tending to excite anger, animosity, tumult, or sedition;
seditious; as, inflammatory libels, writings, speeches, or
publications. --Burke.
3. (Med.) Accompanied with, or tending to cause,
preternatural heat and excitement of arterial action; as,
an inflammatory disease.
{Inflammatory crust}. (Med.) Same as {Buffy coat}, under
{Buffy}.
{Inflammatory fever}, a variety of fever due to inflammation.
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